How to Install and Use ‘yum-utils’ to Maintain Yum and Boost its Performance

Regardless of Fedora starting to adopt dnf as the new package manager and default package management library, it will not replace good old yum package manager for good in other... Read more

How to Create a Shared Directory for All Users in Linux

As a system administrator, you may have a certain directory that you want to give read/write access to every user on a Linux server. In this guide, we will review... Read more

How to Generate/Encrypt/Decrypt Random Passwords in Linux

We have taken initiative to produce Linux tips and tricks series. If you’ve missed the last article of this series, you may like to visit the link below. 5 Interesting... Read more

How to Fix “failed to mount /etc/fstab” Error in Linux

In this article, i will explain how to solve “failed to mount /etc/fstab” boot error in Linux. The file in question contains descriptive information concerning the filesystems the system can... Read more

How to Limit File Download Speed Using Wget in Linux

Wget is a widely used, non-interactive command line utility for retrieving files from the web. Just like most similar tools out there, it supports limiting of download speed, which allows... Read more

A Bash Script to Create a Bootable USB from ISO in Linux

Bootiso is a powerful Bash script to easily and securely create a bootable USB device from one ISO file. It helps you create a bootable USB from an ISO with... Read more

Understand Linux Shell and Basic Shell Scripting Language Tips – Part I

Picture speak more than words and the below picture says all about the working of Linux.   Understanding Linux Shell Read Also 5 Shell Scripts to Learn Shell Programming –... Read more

Learn How to Use ‘dir’ Command with Different Options and Arguments in Linux

This article shows some examples of using the dir command to list the contents of a directory. The dir command is not a commonly used command in Linux. Though it... Read more

Pydf an Alternative “df” Command to Check Disk Usage in Different Colours

The “pydf” (Python Disk File System) is an advanced command line tool and a good alternative to Linux “df comand”. It is used to display the amount of used and... Read more

Understanding Shared Libraries in Linux

In programming, a library is an assortment of pre-compiled pieces of code that can be reused in a program. Libraries simplify life for programmers, in that they provide reusable functions,... Read more